Orestes Cleveland

Orestes Cleveland (2 March 1829-30 March 1896) was Mayor of Jersey City from 2 May 1864 to 5 May 1867 (succeeding John B. Romar and preceding James Gopsill) and from 3 May 1886 to 1 May 1892 (succeeding Gilbert Collins and preceding Peter F. Wanser) and a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ 5) from 4 March 1869 to 3 March 1871 (interrupting George A. Halsey's terms).

Biography
Orestes Cleveland was born in Duanesburg, New York in 1829, and he moved to Jersey City, New Jersey in 1845, becoming a manufacturer. He served on the Jersey City Board of Aldermen in 1861 and 1862, and he he went on to serve as Mayor from 1864 to 1867, in the US House of Representatives from 1869 to 1871, and as Mayor from 1886 to 1892. He moved to Tenafly in 1892 and again to Englewood, and he died in Norwich, Vermont in 1896.